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Look both at this post and the original at cfbstats.com, the story is pretty obvious -- the length of the game is highly dependent on the size of the audience. The networks feature the fewest plays/minute, followed by basic cable, followed by regional cable, followed by no TV coverage at all.

It has nothing to do with which conference is scoring more points. It has everything to do with how many commercials and promos the networks try to cram into a broadcast. It's really telling that the NCAA keeps trying to solve the "problem" of long games by reducing the amount of football played.